WWE BACKLASH - Official Thread - Bray/Orton cancelled!?

[KIRA]

Its Rowan isnt it...oh nope

A really close to 50 Kane has appeared!!!

[Volare]

Remember the old saying! What the hell, use the bell!

[Ruien]

Really thought Luke Harper was going to come out instead of Kane.

[KIRA]

Where are you Luke Harper?

[Kris P Lettus]

What haopened to that big brute that was part of the Wyatt family who looked like Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds?

[Krimzon7]

Kane +Bray= me taking a shit


I must've ate at the same restaurant as Heath slater baby!

[Kris P Lettus]

What haopened to that big brute that was part of the Wyatt family who looked like Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds?

Braun Stroman

[Lock Jaw]

BRRRRAAAAUUUUUUUNNNNNN is on RAW squashing jobbers

[Triple A]

What haopened to that big brute that was part of the Wyatt family who looked like Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds?

He is on Raw and wrestles a different no-name jobber every week

[Kris P Lettus]

Is he stil sloppy and horrible?

[slik]

I wonder if we'll get a Heath bathroom skit next...Rhyno knock on stall door "Our match is next"...Heath comes out, tp still hanging from back of his tights

[Triple A]

Is he stil sloppy and horrible?

His new gimmick of crushing a different jobber every week is way more interesting than before, and the matches are usually under 30 seconds!

[Simple Fan]

No, Finn is above Kane in order of succession now.

Kane would have been a better choice for first Universal Champion in my opinion.

[KIRA]

He is on Raw and wrestles a different no-name jobber every week

Thats not fair Sin Cara is a pretty well known jobber.

[slik]

Is he stil sloppy and horrible?


If he is they have covered it really well by giving him entertaining squash matches, they shaved most of his head too

[Kris P Lettus]

Lol Ranalo

"MAMA MIA SENTON THROUGH THE TABLE!!!!"

[KIRA]

Is it too late to rebuild Bray as a massive threat everyone?

[slik]

This match is actually not bad, way better than I expected

[DaveWadding]

How was that senton worth a holy shit?

[Volare]

Can't kill a Viper with a door.

[Lock Jaw]

Not paying attention to this match at all.........

[Triple A]

This match is actually not bad, way better than I expected

Ya...

Something about this PPV seems really weird and f*cked... feels like I am watching it after not sleeping for 3 days, but got a decent amount of sleep last night... seems good though...

[Volare]

Kane won a match!

[Triple A]

lol...

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

isn't that illegal to do a move when not cleared?

[Lock Jaw]

And it's over...... Bray with one win and one loss on this PPV.... 50/50 booking.....

[Dark One]

http://i.imgur.com/9QQLYmd.gif

[KIRA]

awww man

[RawRocks]

BREAKING NEWS: KANE WINS A MATCH

[Volare]

AJ so great! :)

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

backstage jobbers

[Evil Vito]

WWE are making it nigh on impossible for me to ever invest in Bray Wyatt.

[KIRA]

Wow Val Venis looks....different

[slik]

I like that Orton found time from being examined by Doctors to make it known he needed to not wear pants for his public

[Emperor Smeat]

Match was good but meh at that ending. Wasted Bray winning by a cocky way earlier just to give it right back to Kane who isn't even involved in the feud.

[Kris P Lettus]

Lol looking up Braun Stroman, i found a thread at reddit where they photoshopped his face in other wrestlers

http://i.imgur.com/EZ4NnnV.png

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Why is Shane McMahon voice being used to talk about the new era of Raw?

[KIRA]

WWE are making it nigh on impossible for me to ever invest in Bray Wyatt.

I still have hope.

[slik]

Heel Uso's need a new entrance video

[Volare]

Can Slater do the impossible?!?!

[Lock Jaw]

Slater Rhyno are no Slater Gator

[slik]

I am on #TeamSlater

[Volare]

I will mark the fuck out if Rhyno/Slater pull this off.

[KIRA]

You really can't get more basic in a heel turn than the Usos

[Volare]

One man brand......wtf Mauro.

[Volare]

Now that was innovative!

[KIRA]

They should try to take out Slater's leg for massive heat, not necessarily succeed.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

One man brand......wtf Mauro.

Makes sense. He's the only Team Vacant.

[Kris P Lettus]

JBL showing fake admiration of "ECW Legends". You may can fool newer fans but I remember One Night Stand and what a piece of shit you were to Blue Meanie and ECW in general.

[Volare]

Otunga sounding good on commentary explaining the Uso's offense.

[Emperor Smeat]

Best thing about the Usos heel turn is it being a lot easier to remember who which Uso is.

Shirt Uso and Skins Uso.

[Volare]

Loving the little things Uso's are doing here.....getting actual boo's and not smarkish remarks.

[Locke]

Didn't Jey Uso already play

Is this really going to 11

[Krimzon7]

Watching the USOS remind. Me of how much I love up up down down

[KIRA]

Also redo Rikishi's Bad Man" theme and give it to the Uso's just to drive the point home that they are heels just like it was for their dad.

[RawRocks]

Would have saved the Uso heel turn for the next PPV build up

[Krimzon7]

Juicyy ucey

[slik]

Fun fact: Rhyno and Kane are the only two people on this show who have wrestled at a Backlash before.

[Volare]

Nice Edgecution there!!

[Volare]

GORE!

[Volare]

YES! YES! YES!!

[Dark One]

Heath Slater gets his Wrestlemania moment on Backlash.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

MASTERSLATERS UNITE!!!!!!!!!

[KIRA]

WOOOOOOOO!

ONE MAN BAND BABY!

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.imgur.com/NH0zEjj.gif

SLATER WINS.

[Bad News Gertner]

SLATER!!!!!!!!

[Volare]

FUCKING YES!!!

[Dark One]

"First Ever Smackdown Tag Team Champions
Rhyno & Heath Slater"

Truly a phrase that inspires confidence in these championships' legacy.

[slik]

Yay Heath!!!

[Evil Vito]

I jumped for joy in my room when Slater won.

[Krimzon7]

Fuck, I do love Heath slater.

[Volare]

DOUBLE WIDE TIME!

[DaveWadding]

#PayHeathSlater

[Lock Jaw]

Just realized that for the second PPV in a row I have forgotten to do Tipsters.......

[Krimzon7]

Yo Bullah!

[Lock Jaw]

Wish that The Miz/Ziggler would have fought tonight as a chicken mascot/Colonel Sanders

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

We already had this match tonight guys.

[owenbrown]

HEATH SLATER!!!!!!!

[Kris P Lettus]

That was weird af

[KIRA]

As this is Virginia I feel like 98% of the crowd is related to Slater

[Dark One]

These two were feuding for the "prestigious" intercontinental championship.

[Volare]

Time to get phenomenal boys!

[Evil Vito]

I cannot overstate how much I fucking hated Heath Slater in 2010, when he was portrayed as a plucky babyface in the first season of NXT. And then he went into the Nexus and looked so horribly out of place trying to portray a serious heel henchman.

That he's not only still employed in 2016 but is one of the my favorites and one of the most entertaining characters in the company is a real testament to him as a performer. He's been gold since they started letting him play to his comedic strengths.

[Emperor Smeat]

With how much time is left, WWE could easily make the WWE title match as an Ironman match.

[Krimzon7]

THE FACE!!!!

[Krimzon7]

P1 is so fucking good

[Lock Jaw]

"Interesting" that John Cena hasn't won at Summerslam since 2010......

[Volare]

I like Ambrose, but really pulling for AJ here.

[Triple A]

I cannot overstate how much I fucking hated Heath Slater in 2010, when he was portrayed as a plucky babyface in the first season of NXT. And then he went into the Nexus and looked so horribly out of place trying to portray a serious heel henchman.

That he's not only still employed in 2016 but is one of the my favorites and one of the most entertaining characters in the company is a real testament to him as a performer. He's been gold since they started letting him play to his comedic strengths.

Yeah, thought he was freaking horrible, based on only rlly seeing him in the "Social Outcasts," but that is prob not very fair... Like the best part of SmackDown now imo...

[Volare]

Nice video package there.

[Poit]

They don't want none.

[KIRA]

I wish I knew why the WWE had no interest in Styles for so long he has been nothing short of amazing on the mic and in the ring since he got there

[Krimzon7]

P1 is ATLANTA!!!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

That was an armband. I don't think its the same one.

[Krimzon7]

Wait....does AJ's gear match the USOS??!?!

Sweet Jesus, please let this mean something.

[Volare]

Semi off, but I love the way the new sets are being set up. Looks 100x better.

[Lock Jaw]

I wish I knew why the WWE had no interest in Styles for so long he has been nothing short of amazing on the mic and in the ring since he got there

Remember him not being so good on the mic.... seems like he got great out of nowhere.......

He was good as Christian's lackey........

[Volare]

HAHAHAHA I hope he gets announced like that every time!!

[RawRocks]

I cant stand this ring announcer.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I cant stand this ring announcer.

Greg Hamilton is the best one they got right now.

[Triple A]

This ring announcer seems 800x better than whoever the Raw announcer is

[slik]

Crowd is pumped for this match, both guys really over

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

This ring announcer seems 800x better than whoever the Raw announcer is

JoJo.

[RawRocks]

Greg Hamilton is the best one they got right now.

This ring announcer seems 800x better than whoever the Raw announcer is

True and true.. and that's how sad it is.

[Triple A]

JoJo.

Seems 800x better than Lilian Garcia also

[Krimzon7]

We need a SD club...

[Krimzon7]

I can do this all day long! Got dayum is AJ on fire right now

[screech]

Speaking of announcers, I hope the CWC guy sticks around. He's great.

[Emperor Smeat]

I wish I knew why the WWE had no interest in Styles for so long he has been nothing short of amazing on the mic and in the ring since he got there

Probably due to the negative association of being with TNA but wasn't till his time in NJPW that his value skyrocketed. Impressed NJPW enough to get huge pushes almost from the start.

[Volare]

Yeah, beating Okada was fucking huge!

[KIRA]

Remember him not being so good on the mic.... seems like he got great out of nowhere.......

He was good as Christian's lackey........

Face Aj was kinda standard on the mic I admit, heel AJ has been golden.

[Volare]

Okada has the best Dropkick, AJ snaps his perfect but Okada gets that crazy jump with his, anyone else I'm missing with a good one?

[Ruien]

Its amazing TNA was never able to make AJ into a real star. They tried a few times but they just failed.

No real reason TNA should have failed the way it did. Arg. Stupid company.

[Volare]

Always got overlooked by whichever ex-WWE star they grabbed. (except Angle imo)

[Volare]

DAYYYYYYMN!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Its amazing TNA was never able to make AJ into a real star. They tried a few times but they just failed.

No real reason TNA should have failed the way it did. Arg. Stupid company.

Nobody was made a big star in tna. They were the same small shit company they always were.

[Volare]

Fuck Ambrose nice back breaker there!

[Emperor Smeat]

Okada has the best Dropkick, AJ snaps his perfect but Okada gets that crazy jump with his, anyone else I'm missing with a good one?

Orton?

[Volare]

Great match here.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Too tired to enjoy this and Pats game at same time.

[Poit]

Ambrose is just using random signature moves at this point. He just used an Irish Curse Backbreaker and a Glam Slam.

[Dark One]

Good to see Ambrose pulling out some old classics and doing more than the brawling style he's fallen into lately.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Need some coffee

[Volare]

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[Volare]

CRUSH TIME!

[Volare]

Well that was a hell of a counter.

[Volare]

Woooooooooow!

[Dark One]

RIP AJ Styles

[RawRocks]

wow

[Krimzon7]

Hooooly shit

[Evil Vito]

I love Mauro Ranallo.

[Volare]

450 BABY!!

[Volare]

.....but you gotta make Dean look really strong.

[Krimzon7]

That Aa neckbreaker is money

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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http://i44.tinypic.com/5cgc1x.gif

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[Volare]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

[Emperor Smeat]

Really good match so far.

[Triple A]

Feels like JBL hasn't said anything for this entire match

Hope he's OK...

[Volare]

Mauro is phenomenal!

[slik]

That was cool

[Volare]

REF BUMP!!

[RawRocks]

Holy Crap Balls!

[Triple A]

Mauro really good

[Emperor Smeat]

Dean has one of the weirdest looking suicide dives ever. Majority of the time he either just bounces off the other guy or just drops straight down.

[Volare]

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

[Volare]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Kris P Lettus]

I love Mauro Ranallo.

Me too.

He has a podcast with Bas Rutten (and also cohost Inside MMA wih him). Its called The Rutten and Ranallo Podcast.

[Evil Vito]

This has been the first Ambrose PPV match in a long while that has lived up to the hype.

[slik]

Go AJ!

Really good match.

[Evil Vito]

THEY DON'T WANT NONE

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

AJ STYLES IS THE MAN!

[Dark One]

ALL HAIL OUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND THE FACE THAT RUNS THE PLACE... AAAAJJJJJ STYYYLLLESSSS

[Krimzon7]

Stone cold can go fuck himself

[RawRocks]

never thought I would ever see that

[Dark One]

Quick. Someone get a time machine and go back to the end of 2015 with that picture of AJ Styles holding the fucking WWE Championship and try to convince them this is what 2016 will be like.

[Theo Dious]

Fuck you all.

[Volare]

KO AND AJ CHAMPIONS....Holy Fuck!

[Krimzon7]

AAAANNNNNNND NNNNNEEEEEWWWWW!

[KIRA]

HOLY SHIT

[Blue Demon]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Ruien]

Lol. Lands on his face but is holding his nut sack from getting hit there earlier.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

AJ and KO are the Top Guys.

[Emperor Smeat]

:D Styles win.

Really hope this doesn't just lead into Cena getting his "win" back whenever he returns.

Decent ppv overall.

[Dark One]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsHtQP9UsAAx7KO.jpg

[Dark One]

What a time to be alive.

[slik]

That was a good PPV overall.I liked it!

Tomorrow will be interesting to see what RAW sets up for Clash of Champions...Seth/KO and Jericho/Roman I am thinking...

[Savio]

:cool:

[Simple Fan]

Styles as WWE World Heavyweight Champion is something I never thought would happen.

[Jordan]

Good show. Great main event.

[Lock Jaw]

Liked that match..... wish Ambrose would have won, though...... I don't mind Styles as champ, though......

[Dark One]

Liked that match..... wish Ambrose would have won, though...... I don't mind Styles as champ, though......

Your new lord and savior:

https://i.redd.it/vf3ulby8f0lx.jpg

[Lock Jaw]

Ha ha..... knew that was gonna become a "screenshot"......

[Dark One]

Strongly considering a gimmick swap to that.

[Emperor Smeat]

Even better is the gif version
http://67.media.tumblr.com/05d7995d56e91070936fdf43a55a7be8/tumblr_oddcwmq6DL1u1ljrzo2_540.gif

[Kris P Lettus]

He is good but his hair really bothers me

[Lock Jaw]

It's so silky smooth

[Lock Jaw]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsHkeF9WAAAvAGD.jpg

[Lock Jaw]

http://i.imgur.com/WybRfvR.gif
http://i.imgur.com/d9ZbKqO.gif

[KIRA]

He is good but his hair really bothers me

Why? Its glorious.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

It's so silky smooth

Conditioner is bettah.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

http://i.imgur.com/WybRfvR.gif
http://i.imgur.com/d9ZbKqO.gif

The first look was the reaction that she was going to be in the match.

The Second is when they said she'd be the first person eliminated.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Lol looking up Braun Stroman, i found a thread at reddit where they photoshopped his face in other wrestlers

http://i.imgur.com/EZ4NnnV.png

http://i.imgur.com/osu53cl.gif

[DAMN iNATOR]

http://i.imgur.com/WybRfvR.gif
http://i.imgur.com/d9ZbKqO.gif

So I'm going to need some personal time...:shifty::shifty::shifty:

[Lock Jaw]

So I'm going to need some personal time...:shifty::shifty::shifty:

http://i.imgur.com/Qa01Azw.gif

[GD]

Rest in peace, WWE World Championship.

http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-championship

[Simple Fan]

Rest in peace, WWE World Championship.

http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-championship

Rest in peace?

[Triple A]

Just watched the women's match, s000000 good... Very entertaining & "fun" match!!!

[Triple A]

How can any1 hate Alexa Bliss

[Triple A]

She is fucking ATROCIOUS in the ring.

Screw you,,,

[DAMN iNATOR]

Rest in peace?

Clicking the link brings up a page on WWE's site that at the top has a large photo with the caption "WWE World Championship", and right below that in equalky large print, it inexplicably reads "RETIRED".

[Volare]

How can any1 hate Alexa Bliss

My thoughts exactly.

[Volare]

http://www.dailywrestlingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bliss-backlash.jpg

[Triple A]

Reading the first couple of pages of this thread, how come y`all are saying that the women's match was bad... weird... Seemed really entertaining to me...

[Volare]

Could watch this 100000000000x over.

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[Lock Jaw]

Thought it was a fun match..............

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

It was probably the 2nd best match other than the main.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Just realized AJ winning the title means he will lose the title to John Cena to tie Ric Flair.

[Fignuts]

Fucking living in some weird Extreme Warfare Revenge world with all this booking.

[hb2k]

"First Ever Smackdown Tag Team Champions
Rhyno & Heath Slater"

Truly a phrase that inspires confidence in these championships' legacy.

2002, first Smackdown Tag Champs were Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit.

2016, first Smackdown Tag Champs are Heath Slater and Rhyno

[Mr. Nerfect]

How can any1 hate Alexa Bliss

I don't hate Alexa Bliss, I just think her wrestling fucking sucks. She is hot as fuck and I've positive repped everyone sharing awesome imagery of her in here, but she fucking clunks around the ring. She'd be an awesome manager/valet. If she can lift her Harley Quinn-esque style and put it with a Joker type, we'd have a good combo. But I don't particularly look forward to anything she does in there.

That being said, the women's match was a lot of fun. It wasn't great, but it was a lot of fun, and Becky Lynch winning gives me warm feelings. Kudos to Bliss being produced and guided really well in that match. Maybe she will grow into a great performer? I hope she does, because she's got the star look and there are times when she radiates that. There's also times where she looks like a high school girl trying to act.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Weird booking in the tag division. I'm kind of happy that Heath Slater & Rhyno got a moment, but it's certainly...weird. It doesn't have much base. I imagine that The Usos will win the belts from them very soon. The crowd seem to love Slater, and I guess giving the people feel-good moments will keep them coming back. I was listening to Dutch Mantel talking about booking Puerto Rico, and he said he'd usually just put the babyfaces over in big matches, because people like to see it. You can't really feel too bad about Heath Slater & Rhyno's sentimental title win; nor Becky Lynch's.

SmackDown didn't really "get cute" too often on this show. Orton giving Wyatt the RKO was a bit fucking annoying, but again, the crowd popped, and it might lead to Wyatt beating Orton at No Mercy, since Orton got some sort of moment here. The Kane mark in me wants to find joy in him still winning PPV matches in 2016.

It was surreal as hell hearing "Let's go Miz" chants during his match with Dolph Ziggler. They really need to do something to freshen Ziggler up. I know the general consensus is that he is going to turn heel in coming weeks, but it's been fairly telegraphed and I wonder if it is going to have the impact it needs to in order to get Dolph back on the grid in a meaningful way. All the possibilities for Dolph are starting to feel like they are drying up. I'm tempted to suggest he heads down to NXT and has a heel run with the NXT Title down there so Shinsuke Nakamura can come up and be a breath of fresh air.

AJ Styles winning the WWE World Title is surreal in itself too. I'm really happy for the guy, and he seems a good fit for the belt. It really feels like he has "earned" it. There's this wonderful feeling when the best wrestler in the world holds the World Title, and it happens surprisingly rarely. I would have loved to have seen more Shawn Michaels runs during his comeback years, because I think it would have made wrestling healthier overall. Styles feels like a shoe-in for PWI's #1 next listing.

The crowd was fairly anti-Ambrose, which is weird, because they've never been that way before. This was definitely the time and the place to take the belt off Ambrose. If he had retained, the crowd reactions would steepen from here. It just feels right to move it over to Styles though, so good on Ambrose for graciously going down.

I'm not as...excited for AJ Styles vs. John Cena III as I could be. I think they've set it up well, but there's a part of me that worries it is a vehicle for Cena to win the belt from Styles, which would fit the narrative, but is kind of pedestrian. I'd like a shock in their third encounter -- whether that be Styles forcing John Cena to submit or them doing some sort of double-turn, where Cena cheats to win the belt from Styles, leading to Styles winning the 2017 Royal Rumble and beating Cena at WrestleMania.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I wouldn't mind seeing Alexa Bliss join up with either Baron Corbin or Mojo Rawley. I know that Corbin is "The Lone Wolf," but they've both got that alpha male jock thing going on. That's a perfect gimmick to go with fucking the bitchy high school girl that Bliss plays.

[Locke]

John Cena is a role model for kids so he will never cheat or win dirty or turn heel

[Mr. Nerfect]

That's what the consensus is. That's why it'd draw eyeballs if it happened.

[Volare]

I wouldn't mind seeing Alexa Bliss join up with either Baron Corbin or Mojo Rawley. I know that Corbin is "The Lone Wolf," but they've both got that alpha male jock thing going on. That's a perfect gimmick to go with fucking the bitchy high school girl that Bliss plays.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsHtq04WEAATyf4.jpg:large

[erickman]

KO AND AJ CHAMPIONS....Holy Fuck!

has aj ever won the roh belt if so he is the most all around top champ new japan tna, he even held the tna belt when it was the nwa belt.

[erickman]

http://www.dailywrestlingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bliss-backlash.jpg

I wonder what she is going to do with her new harley Quinn look will she use it story wise

[Blue Demon]

http://www.dailywrestlingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bliss-backlash.jpg

:yes::yes:

[Volare]

After Backlash Bliss love fest here....

http://66.media.tumblr.com/599c33a7873eed29525ff11b4ae77809/tumblr_odd6adQNbG1v5nz3ro8_r1_500.jpg

[Heisenberg]

Even better is the gif version
http://67.media.tumblr.com/05d7995d56e91070936fdf43a55a7be8/tumblr_oddcwmq6DL1u1ljrzo2_540.gif



That rules

[Innovator]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rush in, double leg takedown, rear naked choke. Was this a subtle nod to the Punk fight last night? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEBacklash?src=hash">#WWEBacklash</a> <a href="https://t.co/jGy9i65hto">pic.twitter.com/jGy9i65hto</a></p>&mdash; Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/775142536205656064">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Simple Fan]

has aj ever won the roh belt if so he is the most all around top champ new japan tna, he even held the tna belt when it was the nwa belt.

No has had matches for it but never won it.

[Innovator]

he won the pure title, not the world title

[Simple Fan]

3X NWA World Heavyweight Champion
2X TNA World Heavyweight Champion
2X IWGP World Heavyweight Champion
1X WWE World Heavyweight Champion

Pretty incredible career he's had. And the last time he held the TNA World Heavyweight Championship he actually took it to Mexico and Japan and defended it. Really liked his exit from TNA.

[Emperor Smeat]

TMZ has posted footage of the opening of the Miz vs Dolph Ziggler WWE Backlash match, and noted WWE spoofed CM Punk’s UFC 203 loss in the opening of the bout.

You might recall the match opened with Ziggler ducking a wild punch from Miz and then Ziggler took Miz down and hit some ground-and-pound fists. Miz, however, was able to escape the beatdown and make it to the ropes for a break.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rush in, double leg takedown, rear naked choke. Was this a subtle nod to the Punk fight last night? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEBacklash?src=hash">#WWEBacklash</a> <a href="https://t.co/jGy9i65hto">pic.twitter.com/jGy9i65hto</a></p>&mdash; Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/775142536205656064">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[XL]

:D Styles win.

Really hope this doesn't just lead into Cena getting his "win" back whenever he returns.

Decent ppv overall.

Just realized AJ winning the title means he will lose the title to John Cena to tie Ric Flair.

I can't quite believe I'm saying this but; I think I'd be OK with Styles dropping to Cena for #16.

[Big Vic]

I don't think anyone is beating Angle for most different world titles held:

IWGP Heavyweight Championship
TNA World Heavyweight Championship (6 times)
WWF/E Championship (4 times)
World Heavyweight Championship
WCW Championship

[Ruien]

Angle is the best wrestler even too so it makes sense.

[Cool King]

I thought Backlash was pretty decent overall.

• The Women's Championship match was actually pretty good, even though around 85% of the match was just women getting thrown out of the ring.

Alexa Bliss has really been growing on me since the draft and I feel that she was the stand out wrestler from that match, and I'm adding her to my "Future big players in the Women's Division" list, that currently consists of Nia Jax and Dana Brooke. I'm a fan of all three of these women.

However, I really feel like she didn't deserve to be the first eliminated. The match was pretty good, that was up until the eliminations. I have no idea how Carmella managed to be the last eliminated though. She's just really really really bad. She's like "The New Era's" Kelly Kelly in that she's absolutely shit, but Vince & Co. are blind to it and keep pushing her.

Also, where's the love for Natalya? She's most probably the best female wrestler the WWE has at the moment, but yet all she's achieved in her eight years with the company is a two month reign as Divas Champion. I feel she deserves so much more than that. Why not take the title from Becky Lynch in the future and have a long heel run with the title. That would be good.

Also, finally on the women's match. I noticed that whoever scored the elimination, would be the next to be eliminated.

Alexa Bliss was eliminated by Naomi
Naomi was then eliminated by Natalya
Natalya was then eliminated by Nikki Bella
Nikki Bella was then eliminated by Carmella
Carmella was then eliminated by Becky Lynch

• I like that The Usos are heels now but the "We're bad now so we don't smile and we wear all black because black is bad" thing is a bit "meh". Hopefully they get some proper ring attire in the future. I do however feel that the Usos turning heel is what SmackDown's Tag Team Division needed. Now the division has a legit heel team, whereas before, it lacked one. All it had was The Ascension, Breezango and The Vaudevillains. Two jobber teams and a comedy team.

As for The Hype Bros., I'm not really feeling it. I feel both could be so much better as singles competitors. Keep Zack Ryder around the Intercontinental Championship and have Mojo be sort of the "New Ryback", either heel or face. Just seeing him bulldoze into The Usos was pretty cool and along with his size and speed, I feel he could make a success of a singles run.

• Ziggler/Miz was the match of the night in my opinion, and I feel that maybe they were given more time as the Bray/Orton match was canceled. It also looks like that they've decided to continue this Miz/Bryan angle too, which is good. I'm interested, and Miz has been so good lately.

• Bray/Kane was what I expected (in that I expected Kane to be the replacement) but I didn't expect Kane to win. I actually legitimately had a wee short laugh when Kane got the three count, but the match actually turned out to be a decent one. I enjoyed it anyway.

• Usos/Slater & Rhyno was fantastic. I don't think I've ever wanted a tag team to win so badly in my life. I was actually celebrating when they won. Slater has been nothing but top notch entertainment for so long now, and becoming one half of the first ever SmackDown Tag Team Champions was a great way to top everything off. On to Rhyno, and the guy has also been so good since returning to the main roster. I've always liked Rhyno, and seeing a veteran like him return to the main roster and be involved in a good and entertaining storyline and winning titles just makes me happy.

That's the kind of thing I want to see when former talent returns. I want to see them be involved in angles, or win a few matches or a title or two. Not return to the main roster only to job to every single person they face, like Jinder has been doing and what I feel Hawkins will be doing too when he returns.

• Styles/Ambrose was really good. For years now, dating back to around 2002/3, I always thought that AJ Styles would never be in the WWE, but here we are, it's 2016 and he's now the WWE Champion. Life is crazy. In the beginning (2002/3), I really didn't like Styles at all. The internet was loving him but I hated him. 13/14 year old me thought he was overrated and just "flipped about a lot". Now though, I can say that I don't hate him. I can actually see why he had a lot of fans back in the day. He is good and is nowhere near as bad as teenage me thought.

With this win though, I feel that once Ambrose gets his rematch and loses, we'll see the return of Cena, who will then chase the title. We'll probably see Cena/Styles for the title at either Royal Rumble or, if not there, then WrestleMania, where Cena will win and tie Flair's record of 16 World Championships. Although I wouldn't like Cena to beat Flair's record, him tying it would be ok....I guess.

Beating Styles to do it would be cool though and if that were to happen, it means we all have a long AJ Styles WWE Championship reign to look forward to, and that sounds pretty good.

[Mr. Nerfect]

In defense of The Usos' gear, they probably didn't find out they were turning heel until twenty minutes before the show last week.

[DAMN iNATOR]

2002, first Smackdown Tag Champs were Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit.

I'm sorry, whom and whom now? Also, back then the belts were called the WWE Tag Team Championships when the titles were exclusive to SD!, some 9-10 years before the then Unified WWE Tag Team Championship belts were converted into the company-wide WWE Tag Team Championship belts that fans now know for their looks which are similar to a giant prop penny.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Yeah, I know the history of the belts. That's why I'm referencing it.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Last time there were SmackDown-exclusive Tag Team Titles created, they were won by Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle. Their contemporaries in the new era are Heath Slater & Rhyno.

[Evil Vito]

I'm actually glad that Rhyno finally won a tag belt years and years after failing to do so with his makeshift teams with Benoit and Tajiri.

[Heisenberg]

Benoit getting scooped from the grave!

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm actually glad that Rhyno finally won a tag belt years and years after failing to do so with his makeshift teams with Benoit and Tajiri.

Weird. For some reason I actually thought Rhyno and Tajiri had a tiny run with the belts. I have no clue why I have confused myself on that.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I really enjoyed this show. Miz and Ziggler were in a different world. Fantastic match.